Judge says the fact that the woman was intoxicating was an aggravating factor
Judge says intoxication an aggravating factor in case of Kseniia Vasylenko, who reversed Andrii Nesterov’s car over him after they had been socialising togetherA Ukrainian woman who fled her home following the Russian invasion has been jailed for 15 months after she admittedKseniia Vasylenko , with an address at Cork Airport Hotel, pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing the death of Andrii Nesterov at Cork Airport, Lehanaghmore, Cork on October 8th last.,.
Judge Boyle sentenced Vaselynko to two years in jail but suspended the last nine months. She backdated the sentence to October 9th last when the defendant first went into custody. She also disqualified Vaselynko from driving for eight years. Gardaí arrived at the scene and quickly established that Vasylenko had been present at the time, but she denied that she had been driving Mr Nestorov’s car, which was examined by a forensic crash investigator and found to have traces of his clothing on the bumper.
During her first interview, Vasylenko denied that she was driving the car when it knocked Mr Nesterov down. She later said she had no recollection of the incident as she had been intoxicated after a night socialising with Mr Nesterov.
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